Will new 8 speed auto = a 30 hiway mpg Corvette?

I know its a 'Merican" car, and we're supposed to hate it fer bein' all wasteful an everything - but do you think the new 8 speed will bump up the Corvette's hi way MPG from 28.4 MPG all the way to 30 MPG - thus embarrassing large numbers of 'ferin" economy cars? Discuss!

Not something i care about in the least (the Vette's FE numbers, not the Vette itself), but it'd still be "cool" i guess. At the very least, it'll just make the Vette that much more impressive.
-----------------------------------------------Don't know whyI have to drive so fastMy car has nothing to proveIt's not newBut it'll do 0 to 60 in 5.2

Well its rated at 29 now so yea I could see the 8speed at 30+. It just better not take anything away from the performance of the car.
--------------------Current vehicles 67 cougar,72 corvette, 75 corvette, 77 firebird, 96 camaro, 98 deville, 00 Monte Carlo, 03 f-150, 04 trailblazer, 07 malibu, 07 caliber

Amazing that the Vette can do so well on the highway and be such a beast on a track as well. My dad's C5 pushes 30mpg on the highway if driven very gingerly. So I've heard, I've never seen that when I drive it though.
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It already gets that MPG using cylinder deactivation. The 8speed will add even more efficiency in both performance and FE.
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